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We had just discussed the NFL's strange edict to its member teams to significantly scale back the amount of video content they were sharing from NFL games, particularly during lead-ups to kickoff. As the news came out alongside some fairly significant reports of ratings drops for the NFL, many, including this writer, assumed that the NFL thought that such video content was a factor in the viewership decline.read more

The GIF police strike again: The NFL is banning teams from sharing the animated images on social media. ESPN obtained a set of memos outlining a new league social media policy that goes into effect tomorrow. Teams also can’t livestr...

The NFL passed the new rule moving touchbacks after kickoffs to the 25-yard line in the hopes that receiving teams would be more likely to leave the ball in the end zone on kickoffs and therefore there would be fewer kickoff returns...

In 2010, the NFL passed two significant rule changes to kickoffs. Teams would now kick off from the 35-yard line, which was the case from 1974 until 1994 when the NFL moved kickoffs back to the 30-yard line. Also, players on the kic...

After the NFL moved kickoffs up five yards this offseason, most people thought kick-return touchdowns would be a thing of the past.
Instead, we got three kickoff touchdowns this weekend — tied for the most ever in week one.
Overall,...